NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION

In 2019 I had experienced a lot in terms of interpersonal relationships. I realised that I have to accept the truth that not every one can go along with each other. I should not expect every one to be friends and sometimes different personalities do clash with each other.

Also, sometimes, when people just do not get along with each other, just let it be. I do not have to bear the responsibility to make people around me coping with each other. It is their own business whether or not they are friends and that I should not take these stuff too personally. Just let them be, and work on myself to become a better me. 

Therefore, I decided to do something more personal, something about what I have learnt in 2019 and something that I could have done or improved in terms of my well-being and my mindset. 

After thinking of something personal, I decided to go for the basics, my facial features. 

- eyes

- nose 

- ears 

- mouth 

- heart 

After cropping 

I'd like to start off by focusing on my own facial features and think of something that I can do with them. I then used a picture of myself and cropped out the features into small bits of zoomed in images. 

I kept the images at place without moving them to create a more original and interesting visual outcome. They look really nice to me with a black background compared to a white one as the images pop out more. The foreground and background is in a bigger contrast when black background is used.  

Illustrations added

In order to emphasise on the features, I decided to do some simple illustrations to add onto the images. I used white pen tool to make them pop out from the black background. 

After add drawings onto the images, I added text on. Sentences about the feature and about what I would like myself to achieve were then added onto the posters. I was deciding between a serif font and a sans serif font. The serif one looks visually more good looking when the text are placed next to the images. 

Postcard version

Made a postcard version with images and text centred in the middle of each art board. With the images in front and text at the back of each card, there will be a stronger sense of being struck and resonating with when audience flip the cards. 

I really like how the outcome has turned out. They look simple, yet really relatable to me. I like how the drawings worked well with the images and the contrast of the foreground and the background. I would probably be printing them out and stick them on my wall to constantly remind myself throughout the year. 

Final outcome 

Posters

Postcards